Preliminary Draft Program Grid for Jon Skovron

This is the Preliminary Draft program schedule. Jon Skovron may or may not actually be on these items, but probably will. However, due to circumstances beyond our control, modifications to the program can occur throughout the convention.

Friday 4:30 pm: If I Ran the Studio (Ends at: 5:25 pm) Salon APanelists:Jim Freund (M), Max Gladstone, Jon Skovron, Genevieve Valentine, Fran WildeWhat books and stories would you adapt to film? Live action or animated? Why do film studios insist on optioning novels when short form fiction is really the ideal length for being adapted to film?

Saturday 10:00 am: Doctor Who at 50 and Beyond (Ends at: 10:55 am) Salon APanelists:Doc Coleman, Victoria Janssen (M), L. Jagi Lamplighter, Sherin Nicole, Jon SkovronName of the Doctor, Night of the Doctor, Day of the Doctor, Time of the Doctor, An Adventure in Space and Time - Did the 50th Anniversary live up to the hoopla? And going forward what are our expectations for Peter Capaldi? Will there be an episode simply entitled "Of The Doctor?" Is it time for Steven Moffat to step down as show runner?

Sunday 10:00 am: Writing Realistic Teen and Child Characters (Ends at: 10:55 am) Rockville/ PotomacPanelists:Holly Black (M), Annette Klause, Sarah Pinsker, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Jon SkovronUnlike in television and movies, there are no work rules and laws that result in teen characters in written fiction being played by twenty somethings, so how best to make sure that your characters actually act like teenagers and children? What age do you want your non-adult protagonist to be? Does the plot dictate the age of the character? Mindy Klasky has said that she made the protagonist of her Glasswright series older than she originally intended because she didn't think a younger child would be able to survive and cope with the events of the novels.

Sunday 1:00 pm: Why So Many YA Dystopias? (Ends at: 1:55 pm) Rockville/ PotomacPanelists:Paolo Bacigalupi, Robert Greenberger, Diana Peterfreund, Jon Skovron (M)From The Giver to the Hunger Games why are so many YA novels presenting a bleak future to our young people? And why do young adults like these books so much?

Sunday 2:00 pm: Young, Adult or Both? (Ends at: 2:55 pm) Rockville/ PotomacPanelists:Paolo Bacigalupi, Holly Black (M), Annette Klause, Will McIntosh, Diana Peterfreund, Jon SkovronHow does a YA differ from a children's book or an adult book? How is the pacing, characterization, and language different or the same? Are there things you can do in one and not the other? Are these distinctions needed? And what about series like Harry Potter in which the children grow up?